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Prayers said, rolls called.
Minuts of the last sederunt read.
Act recognizeing her majesties royall authoritie read the second tyme and voted and approven, nemine contradicente.
Act adjourning the session till the first of July next read the second tyme and voted and approven.
Act for secureing the true Protestant religion and presbyterian government read the second tyme.
Sir Alexander Bruce, commissioner for the brugh of Sanquhar, having said upon the reading this act that the act of parliament establishing presbyterian government did contain things inconsistent with the essence of the monarchie, he was therupon called to the bar and, not giving satisfaction, he was ordered to withdraw. And the question being put expell him out of the parliament or not, it carried in the affirmative, nemine contradicente, and a warrand was ordered to the brugh of Sanquhar to elect a new commissioner in his place.
Thereafter the act, being again read, was voted and approven, nemine contradicente.
Act declaring the present meeting of parliament to be a lawfull and free meeting of parliament was read the second tyme and voted and approven, nemine contradicente.
Upon information that some advocats had met to draw and sign ane address concerning the meeting of parliament or other publick matters, warrand was granted to macers to cite the dean of facultie and advocats to appear before the committie for securitie of the kingdome the morrow at ten a clock in the forenoon, and to bring with them the said paper, each of them who hath or had or fraudfully have put away the same, as they will be ansuerable at their highest perill.
The act for a nationall fast the second Thursday of July nixt read the second time and voted and approven.
Then the above acts, viz: act recogniseing her majesties royall authoritie, act adjourning the session, act for secureing the true Protestant religion and presbyterian government, act declareing the present meeting of parliament to be a lawfull and free meeting of parliament, and act for a national fast were all by her majesties high commissioner touched with the scepter in the usuall manner and ordered to be published and printed.
The committies appointed to meet to morrow at ten a clock.
The lord chancellor, by order of her majesties high commissioner, adjourned the parliament till Tuesday nixt at ten a clock.
Marchmont, cancellar[ius], I.P.D. parl[iamenti]